Malaysian Indian Congress

The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is a Malaysian political party and one of the founding members of the powerful Barisan Nasional coalition. The party was founded in August 1946 by John Thivy, and it was one of the oldest parties in the country, as well as one of the first parties to fight for Malaysian independence from the United Kingdom. During the postwar development of Malaysia, the party represented the Indian community in Malaysia, and it joined the United Malays National Organization and the Malaysian Chinese Association in forming the Barisan Nasional coalition in 1973. Since 2008, however, the party began to lose the Indian vote, with many Indians voting for the opposition.